April 2009

Ariel Hyatt does it again – how to get massive traffic on YouTube

by Ian on April 30, 2009

I’ve said before how much I love Ariel Hyatt and what she does, both as a PR person and as a musician’s resource. Check out her site and products here – Ariel Cyber PR She’s just posted a fantastic article (as she does on a weekly basis) about how to maximise your traffic on YouTube [...]

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Competition for UK unsigned bands – win a paid trip to and a gig in New York

by Ian on April 30, 2009

Just a quick post to point you to this competition if you are a UK unsigned band. I don’t know anything about the people behind this but I do know some of the people involved on the panel, and thought you should get a heads up. In essence, it’s a credible ‘Battle of the Bands’ [...]

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Do you know how to get gigs and play live?

by Amanda on April 24, 2009

Playing live is incredibly important to bands at every level. If your band is unsigned, then playing gigs will help you to build up your fan base and attract the attention of press and media. Maybe, if you do the job properly, it’ll even draw interest in your direction from record labels and all the [...]

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Can you post your music direct to Twitter?

by Ian on April 22, 2009

Well yes you can. I’m new to this issue, and there may well be other ways that I haven’t seen yet, but I was just put onto this today and it looks like a very neat solution – albeit that the people behind it are running to catch up with demand and get the bugs [...]

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What’s the cheapest way to make your band site if you have no web or design skills?

by Ian on April 21, 2009

One of those quick recommendation posts. I got asked four times last week if we could recommend a good designer for a cheap and simple website for a band who we were exchanging emails with – four separate occasions! At least these bands knew that they needed a site of their own. I recommended one [...]

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How to really ramp up your exposure on itunes

by Ian on April 16, 2009

I need to sort out how I approach this kind of post – maybe you can comment and let me know what you think. Should I aim to do a weekly round-up of  articles and other people’s posts that I have found? Or should I do a quick post like this one? Let me know [...]

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